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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />'I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />A survey was conducted by the Company in 1992 to determine the cropping <br />pattern in the service area. The major crops are onions (9.1 %), carrots (7.7%), <br />beans (14.6%), sugarbeets (7.2%), alfalfa hay (14.1 %), com (40.2%), barley <br />(.7%) and sorghum (.3%). They are represented on Figure III-I in descending <br />order by the net return per acre as reported in 1990 by CSU1. There is an <br />additional combined 6.1 % of other crops in the service area (lettuce, potatoes, <br />wheat, tomatoes, etc). <br /> <br />Onions and carrots are the major cash crops (income per acre), followed by beans <br />and beets. However, com comprises nearly half of the irrigated acreage in the <br />Company's service area. Although this might indicate a preference for lower risk <br />crops in terms of input costs (gross minus net return) such as com and hay, <br />growers have indicated a growing trend toward higher value crops such as onions <br />and carrots in recent years. Investment in com and hay per acre is about $266 <br />and $180, respectively, while that of onions and carrots is about $2,700 per acre. <br /> <br />2. Future. Farm ground has continually been converted to urban use in the past and <br />will continue to be in the future. The service area is somewhat distant from the <br />center of urban-type development. The majority of loss of agricultural land <br />would occur in the Greeley area. However, most of the growth in Greeley is to <br />the south and west. The Poudre River and its' flood plain limits reduces the <br />growth to the north into the service area. The majority of loss of agricultural <br />land over the next 20 years will be to residential growth throughout the county <br />in controlled areas. <br /> <br />C. <br /> <br />Land OwnershiD. The ownership of the land in the area served by The New Cache La <br />Pouclre Irrigating Company is primarily private farm ground. An exact breakdown of <br />land ownership is not known but is expected to consist of less than three percent (3 %) <br />public land owned by local, State, and Federal governments. <br /> <br />1. CSU - DARE, Information Report, I-R 90-1, July 1990. <br /> <br />PAGE2-ChlprcrW <br />